 Manuscript MS-165JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE1973-1996Manuscript Collection No. 165 Description ………………………………………… 1 Historical Note …………………………………….. 1 Scope and Content Note …………………………… 1 Series Description …………………………………. 1 Container List ……………………………………… 1 Photographic Inventory ……………………………. 3 JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE1973-1996Manuscript Collection No. 165
SOURCE: Kathy Tilley and various Club Members HISTORICAL NOTEThe Junior Service League of LaGrange was founded as a charitable and educational woman's organization in 1973. The purpose of the league, according to its by-laws, is to "foster interest among its members in social, economic, educational, cultural and civic conditions in their community and to make efficient their volunteer service." From its beginning, the league has been actively involved in numerous community service projects. These include the Project Love Battered Women's Shelter, Camp Viola, improvements for the Youth Guidance Center, the Nutcracker performance, Buckle-Up Baby, Children's Theater, Art Discovery and Super Saturday at CVAM, Child Abuse Prevention Puppet Show, vision and hearing screenings at local schools, and the Mollie Lukken Memorial Scholarship Fund. The club also holds fundraising activities including the annual Attic Sale and the Junior Service League Cookbook, Southern Born and Bread.SCOPE AND CONTENTIncluded in the records are minutes, membership rolls, correspondence, and yearbooks. Also included are financial records that contain tax returns, annual audits, and end of year statements a 1989 video for the Junior Service League Ball and four audio tapes of board meetings, c. 1985, also appear in this collection. The scrapbooks contain news articles, publications, event programs, and photographs. The records and scrapbooks give insight and details about activities the club undertakes.CONTAINER LISTBox 1: Financial RecordsAudits, 1977 - 1987 and 1990-92 Tax Returns, 1975-79, 1982 and 1991 Box 2: General Meeting Minutes Folders 1-4 1973 -1993 Scrapbook, 1988 Scrapbook, 1989 Box 3: Board Meeting Minutes Folders 1-5 1973-93 6 Junior Service League By-laws and Policies, c. 1973-76 Cassette Tapes of meetings, c.1985 (4) Box 4: Correspondence, 1973-86 Box 5: Correspondence, Committees and Reports Folders 1-4 Correspondence, 1987-93 5 End of year reports by the President, Secretary, and Treasurer, 1973-93 6 Finance Committee notes 1992 General Funds Notebook, 1991-92 Treasurers Report Notebook Box 6: Newsletters, Yearbooks and Fundraising Folders 1 Newsletters, September 1976 - April 1978 2 Newsletters, April 1980 - April 1985 3-6 Yearbooks, 1973-75, 1977-85 and 1986-87 7 Attic Sale, 1975 8 Pricing List, October 1982 9 Guidelines, 1984 10 Guidelines (Draft), 1989 11 Quota Sheet, nd 12 Top Hat and Tails program, 1986 Right Stuff play program flyer, 1984 Black and White Ball invitation, nd A Southern Celebration Charity Ball and Auction, 1996 Video tape of Junior Service League Ball, 1989 Box 7: Membership Folders 1 Membership Rolls, 1973-93 2-5 Provisional Members, 1986-90 6 Prospective Members 7 Membership Assessment, 1990 8 Membership Ballot, October 27, 1983 9 Placement Pamphlet, 1981-82 10 Booklets, 1982-84, 1987-88 and nd 11 Opportunities 12 Interviews, 1986-87 13 Questionnaire Box 8: Photographs Folders 1 Attic Sale, 1985 2 Junior Service League Programs, c. 1985-89 3 Past Presidents and Mayor's Proclamation, c.1993 4 Fund raising events OP-1: Junior Service League Grant Notebook TRACINGS Service Organizations Societies and Clubs -- LaGrange Women Return to Manuscripts Index | Return to Holdings and Databases
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